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    Store Up/Down Message in ASF and show in DISPINFO

    The message(s) that triggered ACTIVMSG, resp. TERMMSG, should be stored in the Automation Status File (ASF) along with the already available timestamp.This information should then also be shown by DISPINFO. This requirement has been discussed at E...
    over 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Add default preference value for Model 1 APG's on the application group info panel for user customization

    Add the default preference value on the application group info panel when a model 1 group is set, currently SA is stull supporting the values defined to the apg's. If a group was defined with a preference value prior to the removal in SA 4.2 it is...
    6 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Support OTel Tracing for DTP over MRO

    We require the intercept and propagation of OTel trace spans for DTP over MRO where a trace parent is present.
    9 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    CICS should execute the EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER INTO command under the EXECKEY of requesting program to honor CICS storage protection.

    Currently when a USERKEY task executes an EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER INTO if the receiving data area is smaller than the container data the program creates a storage violation. Because CICS processes the GET CONTAINER command on behalf of the task, a...
    almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

    SMF110 - Log DFHDS0102 Percentage Ratios to SMF; both QR/CPU ratio; Dispatch Interval ratio

    Log to SMF110; Ratios for: DFHDS0102 I 09/14/2025 07:04:40 CICSQCPR QR TCB CPU / dispatch ratio: nn.nn%. QR TCB dispatch / interval ratio: nn.nn% This is for consistancy rather than manually calculating. Performance consistancy with statistics rep...
    3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

    Retrofit Maven-Plugin for CICS/TS 5.5

    Please retrofit Maven Plug-In to CICS/TS 5.5, because we have 2 customers, who need that and have installed CICS/TS 5.5.A migration to 5.6 will be time consuming and is not planned for this year
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

    SMF 110 Data to include Lock Details

    We recently have had several problems related to LM waits and security delays but have not been able to use SMF data to identify the cause of the LM waits. If we're lucky enough to get a dump we might be able to see tasks waiting on a US lock, but...
    over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Supporting Larger Screen Sizes / Logmodes for NetView / System Automation Panels e.g. INGLIST

    Hello NetView / SA Team, currently we are migrating from IBM AF/Operator to NetView SA at our side. And during this migration more and more inquiries are arriving that NetView only displays 62 rows at the most panels (e. g. INGLIST, DISPINFO, and ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    Need SA to re-establish hardware connections without recycles

    There are numerous occurrences where the BCPII and Hardware connections to the Z environment have failed, either due to an operator not suspending the connection or due to a Hardware failure. When this occurs there is no current ability to redrive...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

    Threshold changes should be possible to dynamically revert back

    Our team uses SA 4.1 and NetView 6.2.1 for mange applications. Panel AOFKAASR allows to dynamically add, change threshold but it doesn't allow to revert changes back to previous state. This function should be added to avoid recycle NetView, ACF CO...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

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